Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Myers

I think the contract started out at maybe $500,000, and they had a change order to get it to $700,000, but they ended up paying like $1 million, and there was no evidence of any other change orders or any other board approval for that last change.

Andrew Forman

These fines and the permanent injunction demonstrate that there is a strong system in place for ensuring that pharmaceutical companies fully comply with all aspects of the drug approval process.

Tom Harkin

This has created ridiculous situations where companies have sought $5 million and as a condition for approval they have been required to have that much money in the bank, ... If they have that much money in the bank, why would they need the loan?

Charlie Cook

A less visible part of the damage done by Katrina may be what's happened to the President's approval rating.

Jonathan Allen

There was approval at ambassadorial level but not ministerial level.

John Kinsey

These things are just small, tuck-in acquisitions. The banks are still waiting for the approval to merge. That will be the icing on the cake for them.

Aristotle

It's been approved and gone to the board,

Larry Gregory

It's my understanding that construction will begin after we make the approval tomorrow, and the casino should open in August or September.

John McIlwain

It's much more intensive. It takes longer to plan and longer to get approval. The kind of building is very different from what most suburban builders do.

Mahmud Zahar

I think we can declare the cabinet during the three weeks.

Pete Domenici

We can have all the hearings we want but we're going to be running in each other's way pretty soon and so are all the Cabinet members,

Walter Bagehot

A cabinet is a combining committee, a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to the other.

Joe Fontana

Canadians, cabinet ministers, Parliamentarians - they want their CBC to be operating.

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

The distribution of cabinet jobs between Law & Justice and Citizens' Platform must be equal and fair so the government can work effectively.

Vali Nasr

The key issue will be what kind of power the Sunnis get from these numbers when it comes to negotiations about the government. What kind of cabinet posts will they get? How will resources be distributed? What kind of representation will they have in patronage and government?

S. Hughes

The door to the cabinet is to be opened using a minimum of 15 Kleenexes.

Loyola Hearn

It's not fair to the people, ... The prime minister and cabinet are the ones that make all the decisions of government and if we don't have a voice there that means our part of the country is not represented.

Shirley Walker

Everybody knows those were two tough losses. We couldn't say anything. We didn't do what we needed to do on the floor. They're fine. They all gave me thumbs' up. With me as the chief over my little cabinet members, when the chips are down, I always like to fight through it.

Jose Barroso

I welcome the speed with which the commission and member states have been able to respond to the urgent request for help.

Harvey Pitt

Our commission has been subject to extremely high attrition, ... with the principle reason being the fact that our employees earn substantially less than their counterparts in the other financial service regulatory agencies.

Jimmy Carter

In 1988, there was no doubt that the election was shot through with fraud. In 1994, there was tremendous improvement. In 1996, the major parties got together and helped to evolve a new electoral law that made an independent commission to conduct the whole election,

Paul Donovan

The issues that we addressed in our commitments were not material ones. At the request of the commission we made a number of commitments in order to resolve potential antitrust issues, as did Abbott.

Peter Power

The Commission is confident in the objectivity and thoroughness of its investigative procedures, which presuppose no outcome to this case. This investigation continues.

Johannes Laitenberger

The commission has noted the decree with concern.

Thomas Vinje

The commission has a very strong case, I think the strongest it's ever had.

David Fiske

The commission has always taken its responsibilities to enforce the laws seriously.

Ken Ford

The commission had no alternative than to let the textiles through the ports. As the commissioner said - who would pay for the mountains of trousers and pullovers if we sent them back to China? But this situation should have been anticipated and avoided.

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

Muhammad Yunus

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

James Salter

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

Jerry Stracke

We're pretty balanced. I think that is what has gotten us this far. We have different players that can step up on any given day. It makes it hard for other teams to play us because we are so balanced.

Ed Comeau

We talk about winning as a team and on any given night we think we have the talent to get all our guys scoring. We want that type of balance; we don't want to rely on (Grant) and Willy to score seven between them.

Maria Semple

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

Bill Schneider

He's going to be given very different treatment than he had in the past, ... celebrity.

Jack Kokinda

He's given up one run in the last 42 innings. That's the reason why we're winning. If teams can't score, they can't win.

Gary Patterson

He's given TCU three great years. All you can say is it shows that TCU has arrived.

Tony McCoy

Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Aldo Radamus

It is Julia's first year on the national team, and she's been successful in downhill.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

Hong Feng

I suggest taking pictures here with an unfolded national flag.

John Hurt

The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.

Phil Ramon

We had some National Guardsmen here, but they were unarmed.

Jorunn Christoffersen

These paintings are national treasures, but also international icons.

Tasnim Aslam

The U.S. can have its own stance but we are going to do what is on our own national interests.